WestCatWestCat searches the WIU Library catalog. For this assignment, the catalog will help you find books on a musician, lyricist, composer, genre, or resources on a topic in the lyrics, such as female empowerment, civil rights, the historical significance of a particular song, etc.
Index to articles, images and audio; selected full-text. ***Limited number of simultaneous users. Please close your window when you're finished so another use slot opens up.
Mainly for academic musical pieces, classical music. ***Limited number of simultaneous users. Please close your window when you're finished so another use slot opens up.
BET MusicBET.com is your home for all the latest celebrity, music, fashion, entertainment and African-American news.
Rolling StoneRolling Stone, biweekly American magazine that reports on music, pop culture, and politics.
DownBeatDownBeat is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.
BillboardBillboard is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly.
For this assignment, YouTube may have interviews of your musician or song writer, telling of their inspirations as an artist or their inspiration for a particular song. A music video of your piece may also be available on YouTube.
